6. Joaquin Phoenix
Audiences love them some crazy Joaq-Joaq. The actor's return from his crazy stint in
I'm Still Here to his critically celebrated role in Paul Thomas Anderson's
The Master has truly left one of cinema's greatest performances. And even though Phoenix has gone on to publicly
bash the Academy Awards, he's the safe bet to bring home the statute this year, the only big competition coming from two-time award winner Daniel Day-Lewis in
Lincoln, who is also getting early praise. But audiences love comeback tales, and Phoenix's landmark Freddie Quell is most definitely one of the better comeback tales we've heard in a while, even if it does sort of stem from an odd source. http://youtu.be/1WTM8eO1Oec